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Zoraida
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Work anxiety
Anxiety Support / by Zoraida
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 February 2nd, 2022
...See more Hi everyone! For the past years I have been struggling with work anxiety. I am a computer programmer, used to love my job and be very good at it. Unfortunately, before I knew it, I overworked myself and I had a burnout episode. I had reached a state where I couldn't even do basic tasks, I remember even writing a shopping list was challenging. This was about 6 years ago. After getting some rest I got better, I changed job to one without much pressure and good work environment. But in the past years, I have been getting worse and worse and I have now reached a point where I have a mini-panic attack every day before work. I pace, I cry, I have this feeling of doom, I have a very hard time falling asleep the night before work. And this repeats after breaks as well, to a lesser degree. I have a very hard time getting anything done. Basically, I have a work phobia. The work environment and my colleagues are all great, but I am expected to get at least some things done, of course. I am in a place where I feel I am basically unable to work and I am just trying to get by. I am miserable and I am afraid that I will loose my livelihood and all that I have worked for. I am not well off to be able to afford being jobless. I also have a child to raise, so I need financial stability. If anyone has experiences this in the past and has any advice, I'd love to hear from you. Thank you and have an awesome day!
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